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General American sentiments and empathy concerning the kneejerk bailout plan.

The last time we saw legislation so ill-fitted to the ideals this amazing Constitutional Republic was when that most heinous piece of trash legislation called (ironically) “The Patriot Act” was cobbled together and dumped in representatives laps with no time for them to review the outrage contained therein. Nobody could not vote for something with … Continue reading General American sentiments and empathy concerning the kneejerk bailout plan.

Your Cisco VPN drops and you can’t reconnect

I’m running Vista Enterprise on a T60 laptop and connect to my office using Cisco’s VPN client version 5.x . Lately I’ve been having problems with my DSL where it drops for about 15 seconds and then springs back to life (they’re sending me yet another modem to address the issue…). This is, of course, … Continue reading Your Cisco VPN drops and you can’t reconnect

Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Main Computer Results

I had the computer set up and it was showing fairly steady power consumption of around 220 watts. Again a little less than I expected. Turning off my smaller monitor drops the consumption by 19 Watts (s/b 34 Watts), the larger monitor by about 26 Watts (s/b 55 Watts). I’m going to disengage the power … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Main Computer Results

Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Hair drier Results

I had intended to let the Kill A Watt have a little more time with my hair dryer but I was having such gargantuan issues with my DSL today that I decided to turn off my whole computer system (UPS, Router, Modem, the works). Since this is such a rare event and, since I wanted … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Hair drier Results

Three Dollar Cafe Jr. Fries – Excellent Plus!

Beefeater fries are among the most difficult to do right. They’re either too cooked (burned) or limp and soul-less. But the Three Dollar Cafe Jr. (located on Old Milton Parkway about 1 1/2 miles East of Northpoint Parkway) always gets them right. Notwithstanding the fact that their Wings (boneless wings for me thank you) are … Continue reading Three Dollar Cafe Jr. Fries – Excellent Plus!

No Gas here in Marietta (and my DSL service is terrible)

Went out for a late lunch, frustrated that my DSL is acting up (got a call into bellsouth and a bunch of logs showing it dropping like a rock throughout the morning) and decided to compound things by trying to get some gas as well. I finally found some at the 6th station I passed, … Continue reading No Gas here in Marietta (and my DSL service is terrible)

A few more updates on this blog

I’ve done a bit more tweaking, such as adding the somewhat more informative pagination at the bottom of this page (rather than just telling you “previous entries” you can see what’s actually in store for you). I’ve also added a little “Comments” link to the entries so you can see if there are any comments … Continue reading A few more updates on this blog